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[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Have you used Opus 4.8 at API costs? Without using agents, I can burn $20 an hour no problem. I use Kimi K2.6 and GLM 5.2 these days.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

How do you use it without agents? Just prompt the chat interface?

When I used claude code, I'd go through the smallest tier subscriptions 5h limit in half an hour sometimes if I used Opus lol, reckon at API pricing it would've been 100 bucks an hour

[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Chat prompts and then accept the changes when they are worth using. LLMs are entropy apparatuses, injecting that shit straight into your code base is crazy. It took one module/subsystem done with agents for me to realize that it was completely unmaintainable. Not a single eng can make a change to it and the only option is to rewrite. So I banned agents. I know some people still try to get away with that style of LLM coding but I encourage people to instant deny a PR if it looks like garbage.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If you accept changes then you're probably using an agent though?

[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 3 points 17 hours ago

Agent mode is disabled, only chat mode works. This is with GitHub Copilot harness in JetBrains Rider or Visual Studio Pro. Agentic coding means it can make decisions without a human.